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Curved Silk-moss

Plagiothecium curvifolium

1,925Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
79Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan206
Feb287
Mar365
Apr263
May137
Jun70
Jul61
Aug42
Sep73
Oct117
Nov147
Dec122

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England279
2Suffolk England256
3Essex England114
4Cambridgeshire England96
5Kent England71
6Northamptonshire England64
7Nottinghamshire England60
8Surrey England51
9Monmouthshire Wales45
10Lincolnshire England41
11Worcestershire England38
12North Yorkshire England29
13Doncaster England20
14East Riding of Yorkshire England16
15Devon England16
1,698 England85 Scotland135 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 79 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,925
Peak month
March
Counties with records
79
Scientific name
Plagiothecium curvifolium
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,927
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Hypnales
Family
Plagiotheciaceae
Genus
Plagiothecium
Name with authority
Plagiothecium curvifolium Schlieph. ex Limpr.
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10926518 · GBIF 5283485